How does one advance in programming?
- by Joe Barr
I really have the felling as if I'm stuck in my own craft.
I've been developing and learning for a while now and keep having the feeling that I should advance more, or even be more knowledgeable. I've started projects I didn't finish because I thought I lacked the knowledge and the skill to make that feature work just right, or to make that code magically appear on my screen. I've read books I didn't finish, thinking I wasn't advanced enough for the subjects they covered. I've been around long enough to know that everything comes with experience, hard work and dedication.
Having said this, I just want to be able to work without getting stuck on a particular problem that involves my cluelessness of a language or a tool feature.
My question to you would be, how does one advance in programming? What are the secrets (if any) to advance to the point of fluency in a particular language or a task.
Thank you!